Bright gas jet reveals twin black holes

AUTHOR(S)

Schilling, G.

PUB. DATE

March 1992

SOURCE

New Scientist;3/7/92, Vol. 133 Issue 1811, p18

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Reports on research by astronomers from Leiden Observatory in the Netherlands on the binary black holes they believe are contained within quasars and galaxies. They used existing observations of the quasar 3C273 and galaxy M87; Findings.

ACCESSION #

9203303087

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